The Price Is Wrong: The Physical Costs of Behavioral Health Issues
... Price Is Wrong: The Physical Costs of Behavioral Health Issues Studies have shown that people with physical health issues (heart failure, for example) and an untreated or undertreated behavioral health issue (such as depression or anxiety) cost 2-3x more for treatment of their physical conditions. Per 2012 data … Read more on Huffington Post Discrimination lawsuit threatened if Kane County rejects drug treatment center The specter of a possible housing discrimination lawsuit became the focus of closing testimony during a zoning hearing for a pending inpatient drug and alcohol treatment center that wants to locate just outside of Campton Hills on Tuesday night … Read more on Chicago Daily Herald Read ...
Exec Who Jacked Up Price of a Life-Saving Drug Is Arrested
Exec who jacked up price of a life-saving drug is arrested Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is escorted by law enforcement agents in New York Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, after being taken into custody … Read more on Bluefield Daily Telegraph Drug task force claims it's making progress AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — A special statewide task force, which was formed after the Governor's controversial Drug Summit last summer, said it's making progress on a plan to fight the state's opiate drug crisis. Leaders of the task force … They … Read more on WCSH-TV Read more... ...
ZBA Hears Appeal on Process for Alcohol, Drug Treatment Center
... hears appeal on process for alcohol, drug treatment center CHARLES – Attorneys sparred for nearly three hours Tuesday over what sections of the Kane County zoning ordinance should apply to a petition seeking a special use to allow an alcohol and drug abuse treatment facility for up to 120 people. At issue was … Read more on Kane County Chronicle In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs Last week, President Obama traveled to West Virginia, a mostly white state with high levels of overdoses, to ...
In Their Own Words
In their own words Drinking took me right back out, I didn't do heroin right away but it didn't take long for me to have a needle in my arm like I never stopped. Don't stay with the …. If they have lost everything how can they call drug treatment centers everyday and … Read more on NJ.com KET: Help for families with out-of-control children; Campbell Judge Thomas … Dr. Otto Kaak, associate director of the University of Kentucky's Center on Trauma and Children, says that studies have shown 40 percent of parents have not developed healthy emotional attachments with their children, a shocking number that portends … Read more on KyForward.com Read more... ...
Martinsburg Residents Express Concerns With the Potential Location for Drug …
Martinsburg residents express concerns with the potential location for drug … The county council wants to turn the former Royce Hosiery manufacturing plant into the county's first Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center. The proposed space is 75,000 square feet and is located on Baltimore Street within Martinsburg city limits. Most agree … Read more on WHAG Camp David Neighbors Fight Historic Designation to Keep Out Scientology-Backed … Yvonne Rodgers, the executive director of Narconon Eastern United States, defended the plans for Trout Run, citing an increase in heroin deaths in Maryland. “There is an urgent need for effective rehab programs,” she said in an email. “Narconon is here … Read more on New York Times Read more... ...
State Says Drug Treatment Center Illegally Charged Hundreds
... says drug treatment center illegally charged hundreds SALEM, Mass. (AP) – Attorney General Maura Healey says a North Andover-based drug treatment center illegally charged patients hundreds of dollars in cash for opiate addiction treatments the state's low income health program covers. Healey said a civil … Read more on Washington Times People Addicted to Opioids May Benefit from ER Drug Treatment These patients were divided into three groups: One group was referred to local addiction treatment centers, the second group was counseled for 10 minutes about addiction treatment and then referred to a treatment ...
Crystal Meth: How Gay Men Start Down the Long Road of Addiction
... Meth: How Gay Men Start Down the Long Road of Addiction In West Hollywood and many other gay enclaves, the rehab centers are filled mostly with meth users, with many secondary addictions to alcohol or heroine or opiates. This poly-addiction occurs because users try to find a way to relax, using a sedative … Read more on WEHOville Rock Hill native now a top official at SC drug treatment center He was deeply addicted to crystal methamphetamine, cocaine – and prison. But now, he is vice president of treatment and intervention services at LRADAC, one of the largest drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in Lexington and Richland counties. Read more on Rock Hill Herald Read ...